6 Maintenance
6.2 Safety Rules for Inspection and Maintenance Service - General
WARNING
Danger to maintenance personnel can result from
- hazardous voltage
- operating mechanisms under spring pressure
- gas pressure in the pole columns
- SF
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-gas and its decomposition products
- falling and/or toppling parts and/or moving parts.
Non-observance of warnings can result in death, severe personal injury and substantial
property and environmental damage.
In order to avoid accidents, fire and impermissible burdens on the environment and in order to assure the
functional reliability of the switchgear, the user must ensure that:
- a responsible person, if necessary authorized to supervise, is put in charge of performance of maintenance
- only qualified and instructed personnel are assigned,
- the regulations and instructions for work safety (e.g. in the use of equipment), together with instructions on
action to be taken in the event of accidents and fire, are available at all times and if necessary displayed in
the place of work,
- the tools, equipment and apparatus required for work safety and the personal protective equipment required
for certain tasks are available,
- only those materials, lubricants and auxiliary equipment approved by the manufacturer are used.
The safety regulations in these operating instructions are minimum requirements. They do not affect statutory
laws, standards, specifications or internal regulations of the company concerned with the work. They do not claim
to cover all eventualities and must be expressed concretely by the responsible persons at the latest before work
actually starts. In addition to company internal rules and the specific work conditions, the product descriptions and
instructions for use of tools, devices, apparatus, materials, lubricants and auxiliary equipment must be taken into
account.
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